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Saludos Amigos
Directed by Norman Ferguson
Wilfred Jackson
Jack Kinney
Hamilton Luske
Bill Roberts
Produced by Walt Disney
Written by Homer Brightman
William Cottrell
Dick Huemer
Joe Grant
Harry Reeves
Ted Sears
Webb Smith
Roy Williams
Ralph Wright
Starring Lee Blair
Mary Blair
Pinto Colvig
Walt Disney
Norman Ferguson
Frank Graham
Clarence Nash
José Oliviera
Fred Shields
Frank Thomas
Music by Oliver Wallace
Studio Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
Release date(s) August 24, 1942
Running time 43 minutes
Language English and Portuguese

Saludos Amigos is a 1942 movie that takes place in Latin America, produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The sixth animated feature in the Disney animated features canon, it is made up of four different segments; Donald Duck stars in two of them and Goofy stars in one. It also features the first appearance of José Carioca. Saludos Amigos was popular enough for a sequel, The Three Caballeros, to be produced two years later. The movie premiered in Rio de Janeiro on August 24, 1942. It was released in the United States on February 6, 1943. It got mixed reviews and was only rereleased once, in 1949, when it was shown on a double bill with the first rerelease of Dumbo.

Its title in Spanish means, "Hello, Friends". This was the first Disney animated feature to be shown in South America before it was shown in the USA. At 42 minutes, this is the shortest Disney feature to date.

Segments

The movie features four different parts, or segments. Each of them begin with different clips of the Disney artists roaming the country drawing cartoons of some of the local cultures and scenery:

  • Pedro involves the title character, a small airplane from Chile, in his very first flight to pick up air mail from Mendoza, with almost disastrous results.
  • In El Gaucho Goofy, American cowboy Goofy gets taken mysteriously to the Uruguayan pampas to learn the ways of the native gaucho. This segment was later edited for the movie's video release, to get rid of one scene of Goofy smoking a cigarette.
  • Aquarela do Brasil (or "Watercolor of Brazil"), the finale of the movie, involves a brand-new character, José Carioca, showing Donald Duck around South America and introducing him to the samba (to the tunes of "Brazil" and "Tico-Tico no Fubá").

Cast

Worldwide release dates

Country Premiere
 Brazil August 24, 1942
 Argentina October 6, 1942
 United States February 6, 1943
 Greece June 13, 1943
 United Kingdom December 6, 1943
 Australia February 10, 1944
 Portugal April 8, 1944
Republic of Ireland Ireland May 19, 1944
 Sweden March 18, 1946
 Italy September 19, 1946
 France February 12, 1947
 Hong Kong December 18, 1947
 Netherlands August 27, 1948
 Denmark June 18, 1949
 Norway June 18, 1949
 Argentina in  Chile December 1, 1950
 West Germany March 17, 1953
 Finland April 17, 1953
 Austria March 26, 1954
 Japan March 15, 1957
 South Korea October 31, 1959

Titles in other languages

  • Chinese: 致候吾友
  • Dutch: Saludos Amigos
  • Finnish: Oppituniti
  • French: Saludos Amigos
  • German: Saludos Amigos (also known as Die Drei Caballeros Im Sambafieber)
  • Italian: Saludos Amigos
  • Japanese: ラテン・アメリカの旅 (Raten Amerika no Tabi, Journey to the Latin America)
  • Norwegian: Saludos Amigos
  • Portuguese: Alô, Amigos
  • Spanish: Saludos Amigos
  • Swedish: Saludos Amigos (also known as Kalle Anka och Långben i Sydamerika)


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See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Saludos amigos para niños

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